Planning Board approves prior minutes, hears preapplication for 28 Haverhill Road mixed-use project.
Planning Board receives preapplication for 126-unit residential development at 28 Haverhill Road. Pulte Homes representatives presented a design featuring two 5-story buildings with 25 affordable units (20 percent of total), 216 parking spaces, and a public neighborhood park on the 13-acre site.
Planning Board · Meeting of March 9, 2026
AMESBURY — Planning Board receives preapplication for 126-unit residential development at 28 Haverhill Road. Pulte Homes representatives presented a design featuring two 5-story buildings with 25 affordable units (20 percent of total), 216 parking spaces, and a public neighborhood park on the 13-acre site. Traffic consultant Dan May projected 60 peak-hour trips in morning and evening periods, with the applicant requesting full access from both Route 110 and Route 150, though MassDOT expressed hesitation about the Route 150 left-turn movement.
Board members lauded the affordable housing component and site planning but raised detailed questions about landscaping buffers, community amenities, snow storage, trash placement, and delivery access. The Board also continued four pending applications to future meetings and accepted the resignation of Planning Board member Michael Jewell.
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Source: the Planning Board meeting of March 9, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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